First Patient To Receive Gene Therapy Treatment Developed At Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia Living Pain-Free

CBS Philadelphia

April 29, 2025

A new gene therapy developed at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has been approved by the FDA and is being used to transform lives. The first patient to receive this gene therapy after it was FDA cleared is now living pain-free for the first time.

Bike riding is fun now for 12-year-old Rahemeen Nabeel, who lives in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

"I do lots of sports, and now that I have like more energy and stuff, I actually joined clubs and stuff," Nabeel said.

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